Rise up singing: read about greening of Chicago

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Take a break from your summer hunt for a home or apartment with a good book, a patch of grass and a shady tree. Edens Lost and Found might sound like the chronicle of someone who missed his exit on a Chicago expressway, but it’s actually the companion book to the PBS series of same name chronicling “the forward-looking transformation of America’s urban landscapes.” The book and television series examine the impact ordinary citizens, architects, builders, city officials and government agencies can have on the quality of life in the urban jungle. No surprise that Chicago, with its blossoming rooftop gardens and copious trees, is one of four cities focused on. If you’d rather welcome the summer in front of your plasma TV, a DVD of the Chicago portion of the PBS series is also available.

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